Courtesy of West Catholic High SchoolESPN 150 running back David Williams cancelled his visit to Tennessee and hopes to visit Ohio State.

Philadelphia Imhotep Charter running back David Williams told ESPN.com he has canceled his official visit to Tennessee. Williams, No. 124 in the ESPN 150 and No. 13 at his position, was scheduled to take an official visit to Tennessee on Nov. 23.

Williams unofficially visited Rocky Top earlier this year and had the Vols among his favorites. Williams would like to visit Ohio State officially for the Michigan game this weekend, but he has yet to talk to the Buckeyes' coaching staff.

Arizona State, which already received an official visit, Nebraska and South Carolina are among the favorites for Williams.

A top prospect could soon be in the mix for Tennessee after the school fired head coach Derek Dooley on Sunday.

ESPN 300 linebacker prospect E.J. Levenberry was never a prime target for the Vols after it hired defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri in January. Sunseri, who has long recruited the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., area, never made the ESPN 300 linebacker a priority, according to the Levenberry family. Depending on who Tennessee hires as its next coach, that could change. If so, the Levenberrys will listen.

"Only other school that he is interested in," Levenberry's father, Eric Levenberry, stated via text message.

Like most verbal commitments for Tennessee, three-star linebacker Dominic Zanca-McDonald (Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lake Brantley) wished things could have worked out better for Derek Dooley. The embattled head coach was dismissed Sunday after a 41-18 loss to in-state rival Vanderbilt.

“Coach Dooley was a great coach and he did a lot of positive things in the program that people didn’t see,” Zanca-McDonald said. “He didn’t deserve a lot of the hate he got from the fan base. He was rebuilding the program the right way and he wanted players that would properly represent the university.”

Junior college defensive tackle Toby Johnson (Hutchinson, Kan./Hutchinson Community College) recently tore the ACL and PCL in his right knee, but the injury hasn’t stopped him from making the necessary road trips to pick a college. The injury also hasn’t scared away recruiters.

Johnson was one of the visitors in Lincoln, Neb., taking in the Cornhuskers’ win against Minnesota. On an unofficial visit, he and Hutch teammate Ben Bradley, a defensive tackle and Tennessee commit, enjoyed the trip and left Lincoln with a positive perspective.

“At first, I thought we weren’t going down there,” Johnson said. “I didn’t find out until [Saturday morning] that we were still going. It was real good. The game atmosphere was crazy. Walking out the tunnel and greeting fans what something I really liked.”

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